No matter how it happens ...
to whom, or what, or where,
there are those special people,
who always seem to be right there.
You know the ones of whom I speak,
they do it every day;
when people flee from smoke and fire ...
they go… the other way.
Never was it better shown,
than on that September clear, blue morning;
heroes crowded Heaven’s Gate
as the world changed without a warning.
Hoards of people, in a stampeding mass ...
running to get away,
the heroes went just as fast ...
but they went the other way!
I remember watching on TV,
the crowds and chaos flooding by
and all those flashing lights ...
racing towards their place to die.
For many, their shift over,
were headed home to call it a day,
but they had a date with destiny ...
so they went ... the other way.
So many were taken from us,
on that day America suffered the attacks;
but many more were saved,
because of those hero’s selfless acts.
So, now as we all take in the setting sun,
as it closes out another day ...
take a second from your life
to think of those who
go ... the other way!
Received 3/10/02
Thank you Martha!
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Received 3/1/03
Thank you Suzan!
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Received 3/7/03
Thank you Vicki!
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Received 10/28/05
Thank you Peter!
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Received 9/16/06
Thank you Butch!
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